Improvement in turbine water-wheels



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i@ Patenti @time AWILLIAM HENRY SNYDER, OF PHELPS, NEW YORK.

Leners Patent No. 88,341, zaad Mam 3o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N' TJ'RBINE WATER-WHEELS.

TlieSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, WILL-:LAM HENRY SNYDER, ofPhelps, in the county of Ontario, State of New York, have invented newand useful Improvementsv in the Turbine Water-Wheel; and I herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheconstruction` and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment, or use of twowater-wheels, generally known as .the turbine, constructed and arrangedin such a man ner as torun in opposite directions, one within the other,from the same gate, or column of water, in combinationwith suitablehollow, or tubular shafts, the said shafts being constructed andarranged so as to run, one within the other, in an upright, orperpendicular position, and upon each of which are rigidly securedsuitable gear-wheels, which lit and work in a correspondingr gear-Wheel,that is secured upon the endof a line-shaft, so as to transmit themotion, or power against the resistance or work designed, in the mostpractical and advantageous manner.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure I is a perspective view of my invention.

Eigure His a longitudinalpartial sectional elevation of g. l.

Figure III is a transverse section of figs. l and 2, showing thearrangements of the buckets.

Letters of like name and kind indicate like parts in each of thefigures.

A represents the frame-work of my invention, that may be made of iron,or any of the well-known metals, or other suitable materials, and of anydesired dimensions, to correspond to the size, or capacity of the wheeldesigned to be made.

B B represent the case, or enclosure of the'two wheels, in which thelatter run, and is of common, or ordinary construction.

C O are cur-ved buckets, or floats, constructed and arranged in Asuch amanner as to reverse the current of the water in such a manner as tocarry, or drive the in's'ide wheel, D D, which is secured to thevertical inner shaft E.

F is the vertical hollow shaft, to which `the outer water-wheel, C C, issecured, the former of which is provided with suitable journals, whichrun in proper bearings. i

Upon the upper end of the said shaft F is rigidly secured the gear-wheelG, as, also, is secured to the inner shaft, E, the gear-wheel I, both ofwhich fit and mesh into and drive a corresponding gear-wheel, H, thelatter of which is fastened to the end ,of alineshaft, fr. The saidshaft is provided with proper journals, which run in suitable bearings.Through themedium of the shaft r, power may be imparted, to any requiredresistance.

K K represent the spider, or foundation on which the Whole rests; p

J is the aperture, through which the water passes to wheels; and

m is the gate that is used for the purpose of letting on and shuttingthe water from the wheels C and D.

0 O are the arms of the water-wheel O G.

N N are arms tothe water-wheel l) D.

The case, or enclosure of the water-wheels C and D is bolted 'fasttogether by the bolts SS S S, and supported by the steps L L L L.

observed from the fact that the largest per cent. of power is obtainedby this arrangement.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire Ito secure by Letters Patent ofthe UnitedStates, is-

The wheels O and D, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinshown and described, so as to run in opposite directions, propelled by alateral horizontal stream, delivered through the chute J, and dischargedcentrally, at the base, in combination with the case B, allsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WM. HENRY SNYDER.

Witnesses .j

HARVEY W. SNYDER,

Jnssn SEGOB.

The advantage of my invention will be readily

